Mayors Metropolit an Improvement Bill Stirs City Politics
Mayor Fitzgerald sent Governor Guild a draft metropolitan improvement commission bill asking for a $30 000 appropriation. The plan would create a seven member panel with ex officio Boston representation and aim to study and propose metropolitan grade dock and terminal upgrades business thoroughfares and public buildings across Boston and surrounding towns including Chelsea Cambridge Malden Medford Melrose Revere Winthrop Brookline Hyde Park Belmont Saugus and Nahant with a report due by December 1 1907. The bill faces strong opposition from outside towns who fear consolidation with Boston and cost shares favor Boston at three sevenths of expenses.
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Fitzgerald
Guild
Metropolitan Improvement Commission
Boston
Chelsea
Quinney
Cambridge
Malden
Medford
Melrose
Liverett
Newton
Somerville
Waltham
Woburn
Lynn
Revere
Winthrop
Brookline
Milton
Hyde Park
Belmont
Stoneham
Wakefield
Watertown
Winchester
Saugus
Nahant
Transit Commission
Commission
Welcome for Boston’s Coadjutor Archbishop Planned
Priests of the archdiocese plan a formal public greeting for Archbishop O Connell in gratitude for his recent honors. A committee works with Archbishop Williams to host the event before Palm Sunday. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is highly likely as the venue.
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Boston
Williams
O'Connell
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Chamberlain Turned Down in Commons Vote on Chinese Labor Inquiry
March 21 The House of Commons rejected by 878 to 0 a motion by Joseph Chamberlain to appoint a royal commission to study the economic and moral impact of Chinese labor in the Transvaal.
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London
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Transvaal
Rockefeller on diet amid illness and blockade from public probes
New York reports John D. Rockefeller is gravely ill with incurable dyspepsia and a deteriorating nervous system. He has retired from active duties at Lakewood and remains isolated to avoid Stand ard Oil investigation scrutiny while subsisting on a strict invalid diet of milk soaked toast beef predigested with pepsin and pan creatin albuminoids and weak tea.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
William
John D
Lakewood
Standard Oil
Suspect Arrested in Brockton Robbery Case
Harry R. Henderson, 29, of Tremont Street, was arrested yesterday for allegedly robbing Timothy Desmond of $14 at 88 Thatcher Street Brockton. City inspectors detained him at the scene during the arrest.
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Timothy Desmond
Thatcher Street
Brockton
Harry R. Henderson
Tremont Street
Eligible Bachelor of Greater Boston John G Robinson
John Gerry Robinson of Bellevue avenue Melrose is listed among eligible bachelors. A lawyer and longtime public servant born November 24 1860 in Marblehead he has served on Melrose alderman ward 4 president 1903 and in the state House for two years. He attended Marblehead Washington public schools Georgetown Law and enjoys chess and YMCA activities. He belongs to Middlesex Home Market and Melrose clubs and is active in the Knights of Pythias.
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John Gerry Robinson
Bellevue Avenue
Melrose
Robinson
Board of Aldermen
Ward 4
House of Representatives
Marblehead
Washington, Lb
Georgetown Law School
Middlesex
Home Market
Wreights of Pythias
Mark Borden Exhibits His Beloved Portraits To Guests
An art show by Mark Borden unfolds around a single woman he values above all others. Dolly Vane and Mary Gardner wonder about the mysterious fiancée while rumors swirl of a brunette Parisian or a miner’s daughter.
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Mark Borden
Hellen
Mark
Dolly Vane
Mary Gardner
Dolly
Mary
Casey
Cuba
Rockies
Talks on Love and Sentiment by Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne advises quiet marriage and budget living to a young woman seeking to start a shared business while preserving funds. She urges obtaining the mother's consent and cautions against secret elopement, stressing waiting until ready and building a stable home.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Toronto
Newlywed
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LD Friends
New England
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Ustomer
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Nour
A. Dougherty
Ancy
Salt Macker
Batman
Uniquite
Brighton
Ala
Brussels
Tor
Potomac Valley
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Chambrays
Tiewie
Eton
Tams
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Ss Steels
Valencia
Sunday Post
Isabelle N. Johnson
Hotel Somerset
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